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calorie Synonyms

Another word for calorie

Choosing another word for calorie depends on context, so the synonyms and similar words below are separated across 2 exact definitions and ranked by match strength.
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• noun (Context 1)

A unit of energy used in nutrition to measure the energy value of food and the energy expended by the body, equal to the heat needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius (a kilocalorie).

Usage Example

"The nutrition label indicates that a single serving of this cereal contains 210 calories."

Strongest
kilocalorie

• noun (Context 2)

In physics and chemistry, a unit of heat energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius (also called a small calorie or gram calorie).

Usage Example

"In standard thermodynamic calculations, the joule has largely replaced the small gram calorie as the preferred unit of heat."

Strongest
gram calorie
small calorie

• Nearby Words

calmness
caloric
calorically
calorie
calorific
calvados
calvary

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Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Calorie. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/calorie
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